Glazing post, cornice and rail cap and assembly thereof



1967 J. A. DAWDY ETAL 3,

GLAZING POST, CORNIGE AND RAIL CAP AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF Filed Dec. 24, 1964 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS Jack A. Dowdy John J. Di Cesore,Jr. Edward J. Rutkowski BY 6 4/ and Z/m/ ATTORNEYS Dec. 19, 1967 J. A. DAWDY ETAL 3,358,410

GLAZING POST, CORNICE AND RAIL CAP AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF Filed Dec. 24, 1964 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 I NVENTORS Jack A. Duwdy John J. Di Cesare, Jr. Edward J. Rutkowski BY MM ATTORNEYS Dec. 19, 1967 J. A. DAWDY ETAL GLAZING POST, CORNICE AND RAIL CAP AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF Filed Dec. 24, 1964 Sheets-Sheet 5 6 92 P 752 102 1 12 P2 F194 4 50 5 f 8 7 B Q 86 -I 78/ 6 1 i; d e 50 90 x 66 c 6 1 gas? 96 100 C 50 5 6 70 707 c d: 617 92 8 706 e B 52 82 w a I 9 7/0 r 7/2 56 16 60 90 /---n w 90 xmw 942 I! 96 96 I y. F I 10 9Q. Q o, 88 9 I '86 94 Z I 9 .0 702 j 92 H '9, I H 96 l/ I, 3 9

700 96 I 702 96 ,A 98 A 35 10 7 '0. In. Q. 88 I 94 70 0% 94 f 92 92 o. I INVENTORS 1 &/ Jack A. Dawdy I 96 "'f John J. Di Cesare, Jr. :1 I} 0 Edward J. Rutkowskl BY f My 7 ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,358,410 GLAZING POST, CORNICE AND RAIL CAP AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF Jack A. Dawdy, John J. Di Cesare, Jr., and Edward J.

Rutkowski, Kenmore, N.Y., assignors to National Gypsum Company, Bufialo, N.Y., a corporation of Delaware Filed Dec. 24, 1964, Ser. No. 420,995 6 Claims. (Cl. 52-238) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A glazing post and cornice and rail cap assembly, with the post being a unitary aluminum extrusion having four glass panel receiving legs and a hollow splined hub anchored to the cap by a machine screw, and with the cap including one or two perpendicular unitary extruded aluminum sections fitting over the upper end of a wall or corner joint and each having a horizontal base connecting depending side flanges and including a recessed panel receiving channel and depending internal flanges engaging the wall end, the side flanges including opposed end flanges terminating in reentrant flanges engaging the wall sides.

This invention relates to improvements in wall construction, and more particularly to a new and improved glazing post, a new and improved cornice and rail cap Summary of the invention The inventive assembly includes a glazing post having a hub connecting at least two outwardly diverging legs, with the hub being hollow and provided with internal means and the legs being provided with opposed outer distal flange portions terminating in enlarged U-shaped lug portions for receiving a panel between the lug portions and an insert strip in each lug portion; a cornice and rail cap having a base adapted to extend over a wall end and connecting two side flanges extending outwardly from one side of the base and adapted to extend over the opposite wall sides, with the base including means forming the shorter side walls and bottom wall of a channel recessed below and opening in the other side of the base for receiving a panel, the side walls being provided with opposed recesses for receiving an insert strip, the bottom wall being adapted to engage the wall end, and internal flanges extending outwardly from the one side of the base spaced on opposite sides of and coextensive with the channel side walls and adapted to engage the wall end, and with the side flanges including opposed end flanges terminating in reentrant flanges adapted to engage the opposite wall sides; and fastening means passing through the channel bottom Wall and engaging the internal means for anchoring the post endwise on the cap.

A primary object of the invention 15 to provide such a glazing post which is designed to simult'aneouslysupport at least one and as many as four panels; which post is provided with a splined opening through its center to permit use of a standard machine screw for anchoring the post to a cap without the necessity for cutting internal threads in the post, and which post is extruded as a unitary member from strong, light weight metal, such as aluminum, for optimum strength to weight ratio and economy of manufacture.

Another primary object of the invention is to provide such a cap which is designed to support at least one panel,

and when formed in an L-shape, to simultaneously support two panels; which cap is designed for use as either a vertical or a horizontal member in finishing a wall and/or supporting a wall panel; which cap is designed to removably support such post and to facilitate assembly and disassembly thereof, and which cap includes at least one section which is extruded as a unitary member from strong, light Weight metal, such as aluminum, for optimum strength to weight ratio and economy of manufacture.

A further primary object is to provide such an assembly wherein the cap and post cooperate to support such panels, to facilitate installation and removal of such panels, and to facilitate installation and removal of such assembly, as well assembling and disassembling of such post and cap.

Additional objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of two demountable partition walls of rail height forming an L-shaped corner, and illustrating a glazing post, cornice and rail caps and an assembly of a post and a cap, each constituting a preferred embodiment of the invention, and cooperating to removably support two perpendicular glass wall panels;

FIG. 2 is a front side elevational view of the walls of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 44 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 5-5 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 66 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 77 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 88 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan View of the L-shaped wall corner of FIG. 1, with the post cover removed;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 1010 of FIG. 1, and

FIG. 11 is a further enlarged horizontal section through the post, with all other parts removed for clarity.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly FIGS. 1 and 2, two demountable, upright and perpendicular partition walls are generally indicated at 10 and 12. These walls, which are supported on a building floor F, are joined to form an L-shaped corner, and are less than ceiling height, preferably of rail height, i.e. from 4 feet 6 inches maximum without glazing to 6 feet 6 inches maximum with glazing. Wall 10 abuts an end wall E of the building.

As best seen in FIGS. 3-6, each wall 10, 12 is composed of a horizontal and upwardly open, channel-shaped metal floor track 14 and a horizontal and downwardly open, channel-shaped metal rail track 16, which forms the upper end of each partition wall. The floor tracks 14 are secured on floor F by suitable fasteners 18 and are spaced by vertical and hollow, generally channel-shaped, metal studs 20, with the right end stud of wall 10 being secured to wall E by suitable fasteners 22. Studs 20 fit within the flange portions of tracks 14, 16 and are held in place in any suitable manner, such as by friction or clinching (not shown) or by fasteners 24. This skeleton structure is covered by suitable wall panels forming the panelling indicated at 26, and schematically illustrated as gypsum wall board. The panelling is secured in place in any suitable manner, such as by fasteners (not shown), and as seen in FIGS. 3, 5 and 10, panelling 26 forms the opposite sides of walls 10, 12 adjacent tracks 16.

In order to cover the panel fasteners and joints, walls 10, 12 are also provided with various trim components. As shown in FIGS. 36 and 10, the lower ends of walls 10, 12 are covered by base trim composed of metal base clips 28 held in place by suitable fasteners 30 and completed by metal snap on bases 32. Various vertical panel joints are covered by metal battens 34, each having a dovetailed recess for retaining a flexible plastic insert strip 36 covering suitable recessed fasteners 38 securing thebattens in place. The outside corner of walls 10, 12 (FIG. is covered with a special metal batten 40 which is of L-shape in cross-section, and each flange of which is provided with a like dovetailed recess receiving a like flexible plastic insert strip 42 covering a like recessed fastener 44 securing batten 40 in place.

As shown in FIG. 5 particularly, walls 10, 12 form a neat L-shaped corner joint, with the outside panelling 26 of wall overlapping and abutting the panelling and adjacent stud of wall 10, and with the inside panelling 26 of wall 10 abutting the outside panelling of wall 12 and overlapping and abutting the adjacent stud 20 and inside panelling of wall 12. The walls 10, 12 are securely fastened together in any suitable manner, including fasteners 46 (FIGS. 5 and 10).

Walls 10, 12 also include glass panels P P respectively, these glass panels being removably supported endwise thereon by the inventive post and caps to be described below. However, prior to such description, it will be noted from FIGS. 3, 7, 9 and 10 in particular, that the lower horizontal and upright end or edge portions of panels P P are covered and protected by glazing beads B, each preferably extruded to shape from suitable plastic material such as rigid polyvinyl chloride, and cut to length. Each bead B is composed of a flat base portion b having inner converging leg portions c merging with normally more steeply converging outer leg portions d terminating in reversely bent and oppositely diverging wing portions e. Normally, the distance between outer leg portions d is less than the thickness of panel P or P but these leg portions are readily sprung apart to snap or slide bead B in place over the adjacent end or edge portion of panel P or P Of course, the beads B illustrated are not the only ones available for use with the invention, but are suitable for such use.

Referring to FIGS. 1-3 and 7-10, various caps constituting preferred embodiments of the invention will now be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, there are actually four inventive cornice and rail caps, one vertical cap 48a, and three horizontal caps 48b, 0 and d. Each of the caps is like the other in cross-section, with caps 48a, b and d being straight caps, while cap 48c is an L-shaped corner cap. This cap 480 is the only one shown as forming an assembly with the intentivc glazing post to be de scribed, but each of the other caps could be so used.

Considering horizontal cap 48b, its detail structure is best shown in FIG. 3, and as will be evident therefrom, cap 48b is extruded in one piece from strong, light weight metal, such as aluminum, and is of generally channelshaped uniform cross-section throughout its length. Cap 48b is composed of a flat and wide horizontal base 50 extending over the upper end of wall 10 formed by rail cap 16 and connecting two verical side flanges 52 extending downwardly over the opposite sides of wall 10 formed by panelling 26. Base 59 also includes the shorter vertical side walls 54 and horizontal bottom wall 56 of a narrow central channel recessed below and opening in the upper side of the base. The bottom wall 56 abuttingly engages the base of track 16, is removably secured thereto by suitable fasteners 58 and is provided with raised shoulders 60 along its junctures with side walls 54 for supporting the lower beaded edge or end of panel P While no contact between base b of bead B and shoulder 60, is shown in FIG. 3, should such contact occur, it will be evident that this structure recesses the heads of fasteners 58 be- 4. low the panel to avoid concentration of stress at these points.

Each of channel side walls 54 is provided adjacent its upper end with a horizontal recess 62 opposing and alined with the other recess 62. The purpose of this structure is to permit the insertion of a special flexible plastic glazing bead insert strip (not shown) or a flexible plastic insert strip such as S (FIG. 9) instead of a panel, should no glass panel be desired.

Continuing with FIG. 3, base 50 also includes a pair of internal vertical flanges 64 extending downwardly from the underside of the base, spaced equally on opposite sides of the channel side walls and coextensive therewith. Like bottom wall 56, flanges 64 abuttingly engage the upper end of wall 10 formed by track 16 and thus provide a firm, steady support for base 50'. Considering side flanges 52, each is provided with a horizontal end flange 66 opposing and co-planar with the other end flange 66, and each terminating in a vertical, inwardly and upwardly turned reentrant flange 68 spaced from and parallel to the other reentrant flange. As will be apparent, reentrant flanges 68 abuttingly engage the opposite sides of wall 10 formed by panelling 2 6 to provide a firm stable support for side flanges 52.

From. FIG. 3 it is evident that the channel formed in base 50 slidingly receives the lower beaded end or edge portion of panel P to removably support the same endwise on wall 10. Although not illustrated, the horizontal cap 48d is arranged in the same manner on wall 12 and performs the same function of removably supporting perpendicular panel P Turning to FIG. 7, the vertical cap 48a, which is supported endwise on cap 48b, and is suitably secured to building wall E by fasteners 70, is of the same construction as cap 48b. However, cap 48a is arranged with its channel facing wall E and the open side of cap 48a is closed by a metal cover plate 72 having an oppositely facing central panel receiving channel, otherwise identical to that described. Plate 72 is also provided with vertical locating lugs 74 abutting flanges 68 and is removably secured in place by suitable fasteners 76.

Thus, FIG. 7 illustrates but one example of employing an inventive cap as a vertical member in providing a support for cover plate 72, the channel of which slidably receives the adjacent upright beaded end or edge portion of panel P Other examples of employing an inventive cap in various horizontal and vertical positions for various purposes in wall construction may readily be found in the copending application of John Di Cesare, Jr., and Edward J. Rutkowski, Ser. No. 414,060, filed Nov. 27, 1964, now US. Patent 3,323,270, and of John J. Di Cesare, Jr., and Jack A. Dawdy, Ser. No. 417,457, filed Dec. 10, 1964, now US. Patent 3,323,262.

Considering now horizontal corner cap 480, which is best shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 9 and 10, this cap is composed of two perpendicular extruded unitary sections 481 and 482 cut to form bevelled ends 78, respectively, and securely joined together with bases 50 co-planar along these alined bevelled ends in any suitable manner, such as by tack welding (not shown) along the underside of their juncture. Once again, each cap section 481 or 482 is identical in cross-section to the previously described caps, and this is evident from a consideration of FIG. 10. However, the channel bottom walls 56 are provided along their juncture with an opening 82 for slidably receiving the fastener for the post now to be described.

As best seen in FIGS. 911, and particularly FIG. 11, the inventive post is generally indicated at 84 and is extruded as an elongated unitary member from strong, light weight metal, such as aluminum, into a generally X-shaped uniform cross-section throughout its length. Post 84 is composed of an enlarged central hub 86 connecting four outwardly diverging legs 88 each perpendicular to each adjacent leg, and each terminating in a 75 perpendicular inner distal flange portion 90 extending laterally on each side of each leg 88. Each inner distal flange portion 90 merges with two outer distal flange portions 92, each 'of which opposes and is co-planar with each adjacent outer distal flange portion 92. Each portion 92 terminates in an enlarged and inwardly turned, generally U-shaped lug portion 94 having a pair of coplanar surfaces spaced from and parallel with those of each adjacent lug portion 94, for slidably receiving a panel such as P or P Each lug portion 94 is also provided with a recess 96 opposing and alined with each adjacent recess 96 for slidably receiving an insert strip S (FIG. 9) instead of a panel or the aforesaid glazing bead insert strip.

Hub 86 includes a greater than semi-cylindrical inner periphery 98 forming a central opening and provided with circumferentially spaced internal splines 108. Hub 86 also'includes concave outer peripheral portions 102, one of which is connected to inner periphery 98 by side walls 104 forming a slot, and which slot obviously permits extrusion of post 84 as a unitary member.

As is now evident, glazing post 84 is capable of removably supporting from one to four panels at any one time, and because of splines 180, there is no need to provide internal threads in the post, since a suitable conventional fastener, such as a machine screw, having an'enlarged head 106 and a threaded stem 108 (FIG. 10), will make its own threads upon engagement with the splines; Screw head 106 is preferably spaced below bottom walls 56 of cap sections 481, 482 by a washer 110, and

'a'h'ole 112 is preferably punched through track 16 in wall 10 to receive head 106 and permit the desired abutting engagement of bottom channel walls 56 and internal flanges 64 of cap sections 481, 482 on track 16 of wall 10. The centered hole 82 in such bottom walls 56 along their juncture assists in alining post lug portions 94 with the channel side walls 54 in cap sections 481, 482.

Prior to installing the inventive post and cornice and rail caps, the lower portions of walls 10, 12 are erected to form the L-shaped corner; The post 84 is assembled and fastened endwise on corner cap 48c by threadedly engaging the stern 108 of the fastener with splines 100 until head 106'is tightened against spacer washer 112 abutting bottom walls 56, as shown in FIG. 10. At the same time, it is necessary to make sure that the right and upper pair of lug portions 94 on post 84 are alined with the channels in corner cap sections 481, 482 respectively, as shown in FIG. 9. After properly locating and punching hole 112, the various horizontal caps 48b, 0 and d are "installed and secured in place on rail tracks 16 with channels alined, suchas shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 10, followed by installation of vertical cap 48a and cover plate 72 endwise on cap 48b, cap 48a being secured against wall E by fasteners 70, and the channel of plate 72 being alined with the channel of cap 48b. With cornice and rail caps and post in place, the beaded panels P and P may be readily slid down into place. The walls 10, 12 are then completed by slipping the insert strips S into place in the left and bottom pairs of recesses 96 in post 84, and by fitting the appropriately shaped hollow plastic cover caps 114 and 116 down over the upper ends of vertical cap 48a and post 84, respectively. The opposite procedure is followed to remove all or any part of walls 10, 12.

It will now be seen how each embodiment of the invention accomplishes its various objects, and the numerous advantages inherent in such embodiment will like wise be evident. While the invention has been described and shown herein by reference to certain specific embodiments, the same are to be construed as illustrating rather than as limiting the invention, the scope of which is to be determined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly of a cornice and rail cap and a glazing post, for removably supporting a wall panel, such as a glass panel, endwise on an end connecting opposite sides the various said wall end, said lug of a wall, said cap comprising in generally channel-shaped cross-section, a base adapted to extend over said wall end and connecting two side flanges extending outwardly from one side of said base and adapted to extend over said opposi'e wall sides, said base including means forming the shorter side walls and bottom Wall of a channel recessed below and opening in the other side of said base, for receiving one end of said panel, each of said side walls having a recess opposing the other recess, for receiving an insert strip, and said bottom wall being adapted to engage said wall end, said post being supported endwise on said other side of said base and comprising in crosssection, a hub connecting at least two outwardly diverging legs, each of said legs having an outer distal flange portion opposing the outer distal flange portion of the adjacent leg and terminating in an enlarged, generally -shaped lug portion having a pair of substantially coplanar surfaces spaced from and substantially parallel to those of the adjacent lug portion and alined with said side walls, for receiving another end of said panel, and an intermediate recess opposing that in the adjacent lug portion, for receiving an insert strip.

2. The assembly of claim 1 including means removably fastening said post on said cap, each of said side flanges including an end flange opposing the other end flange and terminating in an inwardly turned reentrant flange spaced from the other reentrant flange and adapted to engage the adjacent wall side, said base also including internal flanges spaced on opposite sides of and substantially coextensive with said side walls and adapted to engage portions being inwardly turned, said hub being hollow and including an inner periphery forming an opening and provided with internal means, said hub also including a concave outer peripheral portion merging with said legs, and said fastening means passing through said channel bottom wall and engaging said inter nal means.

3. An assembly of a substantially horizontal and L- shaped, corner cornice and rail cap and an upright, elongated and unitary, extruded metal glazing post, for removably supporting two perpendicular upright wall panels, such as glass panels, endwise on the upper ends connecting opposite sides of two perpendicular walls forming a substantially L-shaped corner joint, said cap including two, substantially perpendicular and unitary, extruded metal sections having alined bevelled ends joined together and adapted to extend over said corner joint, each section comprising in generally channel-shaped, uniform cross-section throughout its length a substantially horizontal base substantially co-planar with the other base adapted to extend over the upper end of the corresponding wall and connecting two substantially vertical side flanges extending downwardly from the lower side of said base and adapted to extend over the opposite sides of the corresponding wall, said base including means forming the shorter and substantially vertical side walls and substantially horizontal bottom wall of a central channel recessed below and opening in the upper side of said base, for receiving the lower end of the corresponding panel, each of said side walls having a recess opposing the other recess, for receiving an insert strip, and said bottom wall being adapted to engage the corresponding upper wall end, and said post being removably supported endwise on said cap over said bevelled ends and comprising in generally X-shaped, uniform cross-section throughout its length, a central hub connecting four outwardly diverging legs, each of said legs being substantially perpendicular to each adjacent leg and having a substantially perpendicular inner distal flange portion merging with two outer distal flange portions each opposing and substantially co-planar with the adjacent outer distal flange portion of each adjacent leg, each of said outer distal flange portions terminating in an enlarged, generally U-shaped lug portion having a pair of substantially co-planar surfaces spaced from and substantially parallel to those of the adjacent lug portion 7 and alined with the side walls of the corresponding channel, for receiving the upright end of the corresponding panel, and an intermediate recess opposing that in the adjacent lug portion, for receiving an insert strip.

4. The assembly of claim 3 including means removably fastening said post on said cap, in each of said cap sections, each of said side flange including an end flange opposing and substantially co-planar with the other end flange and terminating in an inwardly turned reentrant flange spaced from and substantially parallel to the other reentrant flange and adapted to engage the adjacent side of the corresponding Wall, said bottom wall being provided with raised shoulders along its junctures with sa'd side walls, for supporting the lower edge of the corresponding panel, said base also including internal flanges spaced on opposite sides of and substantially parallel to and coextensive with said side walls and adapted to engage the upper end of the corresponding wall, and said bottom walls of said cap sections being provided at their juncture with a hole adapted to be alined with an opening provided in the upper end of at least one of said walls, in said post, each of said lug portions being inwardly turned, said hub being hollow and including a greater than semi-circular inner periphery forming a central opening and provided with circumferentially spaced internal splines, said hub also includin concave outer peripheral portions merging with said legs and means forming a slot connecting one of said outer peripheral portions with said inner periphery, and said fastening means including an enlarged head arranged below said channel bottom walls and adapted to be arranged in said wall opening, and an elongated threaded stem passing upwardly through said hole and threadedly engaging said splines.

5. A cornice and rail cap for finishing a wall and for removably supporting a wall panel, such as a glass panel, endwise on an end connecting opposite sides of a wall, said cap comprising in generally channel-shaped uniform cross-section throughout its length, a substantially flat, wide base adapted to extend over said wall end and connecting two side flanges substantially pependicular to and extending outwardly from one side of said base and adapted to extend over said opposite wall sides, said base including means forming the shorter side walls and bottom wall of a narrow central channel recessed below and opening in the other side of said base, for receiving one end of said panel, each of said side walls being substantially perpendicular to said base and having a recess opposing the other recess, for receiving an insert strip, and said bottom wall being substantially parallel to said base and adapted to engage said wall end, each of said side flanges including an end flange opposing and substantially co-planar with the other end flange and terminating in an inwardly turned reentrant flange spaced from and substantially parallel to the other reentrant flange and adapted to engage the adjacent wall side, and said base also including internal flanges extending outwardly from said one side of said base, spaced on opposite sides of, substantially parallel to and coextensive with said side walls and adapted to engage said wall end.

6. A substantially L-shaped corner cornice and rail cap for finishing walls and for removably supporting a glazing post, and two perpendicular upright wall panels, such as glass panels, endwise on the upper ends connecting opposite sides of two perpendicular upright walls forming a substantially L-shaped corner joint, said cap including two substantially perpendicular and unitary, extruded metal sections having alined bevelled ends joined together and adapted to extend over said corner joint, each section comprising in generally channel-shaped, uniform cross-section throughout its length, a substantially horizontal and flat, wide base substantially co-planar with the other base, adapted to extend over the upper end of the correspondoing wall and connecting two substantially vertical side flanges extending downwardly from the lower side of the base and adapted to extend over the opposite sides of the corresponding wall, said base including means forming the shorter and substantially vertical side walls and substantially horiozntal bottom wall of a narrow central channel recessed below and opening in the upper side of said base, for receiving the lower end of the corresponding panel, each of said side walls having a recess opposing the other recess, for receiving an insert strip, and said bottom wall being adapted to engage the corresponding upper wall end, each of said side flanges including an end flange opposing and substanitally co-planar with the other end flange and terminating in an inwardly turned reentrant flange spaced from and substantially parallel to the other reentrant flange and adapted to engage the adjacent side of the corresponding wall, and said base also including internal flanges extending downwardly from said lower side of said base, spaced on opposite sides of, substantially parallel to and coextensive with said side walls and adapted to engage the upper end of the corresponding wall.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,796,158 6/1957 Miles 52241 2,963,131 12/1960 Brockway 52732 X 3,016,993 1/1962 Owen 52502 X 3,049,195 8/1962 Leat 52238 X 3,066,770 12/1962 Millard 52275 X 3,261,625 7/1966 Cripe 52243 X 3,323,262 6/1967 Di Cesare et al 52212 3,323,270 6/1967 Di Cesare et a1 52498 FOREIGN PATENTS 231,665 2/ 1964 Austria.

HENRY C. SUTHERLAND, Primaly Examiner. G. W. HORNADAY, Assistant Examiner, 

1. AN ASSEMBLY OF A CORNICE AND RAIL CAP AND A GLAZING POST, FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING A WALL PANEL, SUCH AS A GLASS PANEL, ENDWISE ON AN END CONNECTING OPPOSITE SIDES OF A WALL, SAID CAP COMPRISING IN GENERALLY CHANNEL-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION, A BASE ADAPTED TO EXTEND OVER SAID WALL END AND CONNECTING TWO SIDE FLANGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID BASE AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND OVER SAID OPPOSITE WALL SIDES, SAID BASE INCLUDING MEANS FORMING THE SHORTER SIDE WALLS AND BOTTOM WALL OF A CHANNEL RECESSED BELOW AND OPENING IN THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID BASE, FOR RECEIVING ONE END OF SAID PANEL, EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING A RECESS OPPOSING THE OTHER RECESS, FOR RECEIVING AN INSERT STRIP, AND SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID WALL END, SAID POST BEING SUPPORTED ENDWISE ON SAID OTHER SIDE OF SAID BASE AND COMPRISING A CROSSSECTION, A HUB CONNECTING AT LEAST TWO OUTWARDLY DIVERGING LEGS, EACH OF SAID LEGS HAVING AN OUTER DISTAL FLANGE PORTION OPPOSING THE OUTER DISTAL FLANGE PORTION OF THE ADJACENT LEG AND TERMINATING IN AN ENLARGED, GENERALLY U-SHAPED LUG PORTION HAVING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR SURFACES SPACED FROM AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THOSE OF THE ADJACENT LUG PORTION AND ALINED WITH SAID SIDE WALLS, FOR RECEIVING ANOTHER END OF SAID PANEL, AND AN INTERMEDIATE RECESS OPPOSING THAT IN THE ADJACENT LUG PORTION, FOR RECEIVING AN INSERT STRIP. 